Verbos -AR
What is a verb? It is an ACTION word!!
In Spanish there are 3 kinds of verbs: 1). 2). 3). There are the most In Spanish there are 3 kinds of verbs: 1) 2) 3) There are the most verbs. -AR -ER -IR -AR
An INFINITIVE is the original form of the verb. It always means “ An INFINITIVE is the original form of the verb. It always means “ “ ex) hablar= TO + AN ACTION TO TALK
The parts of the infinitive have names too: stem hablar ending The stem tells you The ending tells you WHAT the action is WHO/WHAT is doing the action
“Conjugation” means changing the ending of the verb to make it match who is doing the action
The three steps to conjugating a verb are: 1) 2) 3) Identify Action & Who is doing it Chop ending off infinitive Put on correct ending depending on who is doing the action
-AR Verb Endings -o -amos -as -áis -a -an yo (I…) nosotros nosotras (we…) tú (you…) vosotros vosotras él (he…) ella (she…) Ud. (you…) ellos (they…) ellas (they…) Uds. (you…) -o -amos -as -áis -a -an
Ex) I swim. nadar nad nado Practicamos Ex) I swim. nadar nad nado Who & What chop off ending Add correct ending for “yo”
Did you know? nado= I swim I do swim I’m swimming Do I swim ? **You don’t even need the “yo” b/c the “o” on the end tells you who is swimming
Practicamos Ex) We study. 1) 2) estudiar 3) estudi estudiamos Who & What estudiar chop off ending estudi estudiamos Add correct ending for “nosotros”
Did you know? estudiamos= we study we do study we are studying Do we study? **You don’t even need the “nosotros” b/c the “amos” on the end tells you who is studying
Practicamos Ex) He listens. 1) 2) escuchar 3) escuch escucha Who & What escuchar chop off ending escuch Add correct ending for “Él” escucha
Practicamos Ex) They skate. 1) 2) patinar 3) patin patinan Who & What chop off ending patin Add correct ending for “Éllos” patinan
commit these endings to memory It is YOUR job to 1) 2) 3) learn endings by studying & putting effort into hw & classwork commit these endings to memory come for help BEFORE quiz if you need to